Dead Rising 1 PC: My Opinion

[progarbageman]

(Note: This is going to look unfinished due to lack of time. Otherwise, have fun!)

Good

1. It seems to be capable of running 60fps and 1080p at the same time.

2. It seems to also have upscaled graphics as well. (Look at those palm trees. LOOK AT THEM!)

Neutral

1. Some of the shaders seem to have changed, therefore showing a more calmer bluish shader rather than the original yellowish gritty shader present in the original. (This may just be poor screenshots but who knows...)

Bad

1. The lag (from killing a zombie) is still present within the evidence seen so far. (I fear that people will be complaining that while it can RUN 60fps, it won't be able to consistently stay at 60fps.)

2. Some of the light sources include some flickering not found in the original. (Might be distracting for some.)

3. Based on some pictures, there is no such thing as anti-analyzing (AA). (Could just be screenshot glitch but highly unlikely) (Edit: Some sources say there will be anti-analyzing but I'm trusting the pictures more than some weird, shady post.)

4. There is still motion blur. (I'm not saying that's a bad thing on its own. I'm saying it's a bad thing if we can't turn it off.) 

5. There are still low-res textures. (In other words, while the palm trees look good, the flowers look HORRIBLE and Frank's camera doesn't look that impressive even in the Cinematic Pictures shown.)

Sources

(Trailer 0:05 to 0:20 for Dead Rising 1 Footage) (0:19 to see lag spike) (Tiny lamppost (I think?) flickering above Frank in 0:15 to 0:16.)

store.steampowered.com/app/427190/ (Steam Page)

cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/427190/ss_1a2a783901398a39be84cd84efa62da9fd050b41.jpg?t=1470813028 (Cinematic Picture #1) (Steam)

cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/427190/ss_2b90e3b06b7958c7d0ae48a062822482952b9118.jpg?t=1470813028 (Cinematic Picture #2) (Steam)

cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/427190/ss_21b4e49b63eae0f5d676aa93f43279c86b323c05.jpg?t=1470813028 (Gameplay Picture #1) (Steam)

cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/427190/ss_fd0d8599b19d41a0935518b63a4e99794e1e8f95.jpg?t=1470813028 (Gameplay Picture #2) (Steam)

cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/427190/ss_70f2a9c19d43012ab8d4163be416ba12e46ac549.jpg?t=1470813028 (Gameplay Picture #3) (Steam)

images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/448492202382615584/2D73445B03072535CD474FB77931A3EE933A6F91/ (Gameplay Picture #4) (NeoGAF)

images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/448492202382615730/0A977D66E00E29C37CAAFF594AFE7E6FBBE69B4B/ (Gameplay Picture #5) (NeoGAF)

www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=213220836&postcount=193 (Capcom's wbacon post) (NeoGAF)

www.rockpapershotgun.com/2016/08/10/dead-rising-being-remastered-and-coming-to-pc/ (Rock,Paper,Shotgun) (Describes changes)

images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/448491553909163327/B4521C92824361E5B622EF8CF6AB0684FC6ADD40/ (Neogaf) (PC Options #1)

images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/448491553909163457/D1D6685EC79BFCFE85021CF86DA54FB97BD2F37C/ (Neogaf) (PC Options #2)

[progarbageman]

I don't expect it that way at all, Stipo. 

I'm just saying that after 10 years of waiting, we should have seen something more than this really.

(I'm not really a graphics person so I'm personally don't give a damn about it. However, others, with their superpowered high tech Titans (Totalbiscuit), might have a problem with that...)

Also, like I've said before, I'm skeptical for a lot of things here. I mean this evidence does bring me lots of hope and promise really but again, Capcom has failed our expectations before and therefore can and will fail it again later. (I just hope it's not with this game...)

As a side note, again, doesn't it give a little suspicion that they're using early source code? What's the meaning with that? What the problem with using the original source code and just improving on the flaws?

And speaking of flaws, the survivor a.i. here. Are they going to change it at all here? There's no news about it despite the fact that it was one of the most major issues with this game here. Does that mean that we, as fans, have to fix the a.i. here? Or do we simply wing it and make a trainer (Infinite Survivor Health) instead? 

[progarbageman]

Well, to be truthful, I can actually understand how they "lost" the original source code in the first place so thank you for notifying that.

But, wait, I know what I'm going to say might be a stupid question (due to the fact that I really have no idea what source code is and checking it out (on the internet) hadn't given me any luck so far.

In other words, my question to you is this : Can't they just extract the source code from the Xbox 360 Retail Version? What's with this "lost" source code when the code is already inside the Xbox 360 Version?

[progarbageman]

(Note: Woah, that's a fast respond time. I guess you (Stipo) were working all night on this...)

But, anyway, thanks for the info. I could never really understand what the source code meant until now.

As a side note, which source code of this "preview build" are you talking about anyway? (I'm not a stats type of guy. I can look at them and get a loose grip at first glance but I can't really understand it unless I go further with my research (which isn't always a good thing for reasons like lack of time.)